ROWING

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Show that you know first aid for injuries or illnesses that could
occur while rowing, including hypothermia, heatstroke, heat exhaustion,
dehydration, sunburn, contusions, lacerations, and blisters.insect stings, tick bites, blisters,
and hyperventilation.

Do the following:

Identify the conditions that must exist before performing CPR
on a person. Explain how such conditions are recognized.

Before doing the following requirements, successfully complete the
BSA swimmer test. Jump feetfirst into water over your head in depth,
swim 75 yards in a strong manner using one or more of the following
strokes: sidestroke, breaststroke, trudgen, or crawl; then swim 25 yards
using an easy, resting backstroke. The 100 yards must be swum continuously
and must include at least one sharp turn. After completing the swim,
rest by floating.

Review and discuss Safety Afloat and demonstrate the proper fit
and use of personal flotation devices (PFDs).

Alone or with a passenger, do the following correctly in either
a fixed-seat or sliding-seat rowboat:

Launch and land from and to shore.

Row in a straight line for a quarter mile. Stop, make a pivot
turn, and return to the starting point.

Backwater in a straight line for 50 yards. Make a turn under
way and return to the starting point.

In a fixed-seat rowboat, comeCome alongside
a dock and help a passenger into the boat. Pull away
from the dock, change positions with your passenger, and scull in
good form over the stern for 10 yards, including at least one 180-degree
turn. Resume your rowing position, return alongside the pier, and
help your passenger out of the boat.Row 50 feet, stop, pivot, and
come back to the dock. Help the passenger from the boat.

In a sliding-seat rowboat, come alongside a pier
and, with your buddy assisting you, get out onto the pier. Help
your buddy into the boat. Reverse roles with your buddy and repeat
the procedure.Show sculling in good form over the stern for 10 yards.
Turn under way, and return to starting point.

Alone, or with one other person who is a swimmer, tip over a rowboat.*
Turn it right side up, get in, and row or paddle 10 yards with hands
or oars. Tell why you should stay with a swamped boat.

Alone in a rowboat, push off from the shore or a dock. Row 10 yards
to a swimmer. While giving instructions to the swimmer, turn the boat
so that the swimmer can hold onto the stern. Tow him to shore.

Show or explain the proper use of anchors for rowboats.

Describe the following:

Types of crafts used in commercial, competitive, and recreational
rowing.

Four common boat building materials. Give some good and bad
points of each.

Types of oarlocks used in commercial, competitive, and recreational
rowing.

Discuss the following:

The advantage of feathering oars while rowing

How to handle a rowboat in a storm

How to properly fit out and maintain a boat in season, and how
to prepare and store a boat for winter

How to calculate the weight a boat may carry under normal conditions

The differences between fixed-seat and sliding-seat rowing

The different meanings of the term sculling in fixed-
and sliding-seat rowing

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